1 From|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" elder|strong="G4245" to|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" dear friend Gaius|strong="G1050", whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" sincerely loves.
2 Dear friend, I|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G2172" that|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" may|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3956" health|strong="G5198" – I|strong="G2532" know that|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" is|strong="G3588" well|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" soul|strong="G5590".
3 For|strong="G1063" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G2532" joy|strong="G5463" to|strong="G2532" me, when|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" followers|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" testified|strong="G3140" to|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" fidelity to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" truth. I|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" your|strong="G2532" own life|strong="G4043" is|strong="G3588" guided by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" truth.
4 Nothing|strong="G3756" gives me|strong="G2192" greater|strong="G3173" pleasure than|strong="G3173" to|strong="G2443" hear from|strong="G3756" time|strong="G1722" to|strong="G2443" time|strong="G1722" that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G1722" lives of|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1699" children|strong="G5043" are|strong="G3588" guided by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" truth.
5 Dear friend, you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" faithful|strong="G4103" in|strong="G1519" all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3778" you|strong="G3739" do|strong="G4160" for|strong="G1519" other|strong="G3739" followers|strong="G3588" – even|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" strangers|strong="G3581" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G3739".
6 They|strong="G3588" themselves have|strong="G4160" testified|strong="G3140" before|strong="G1799" the|strong="G3588" church|strong="G1577" to|strong="G4160" your|strong="G4160" love. You|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2316" do|strong="G4160" well|strong="G2573" to|strong="G4160" help|strong="G4311" them|strong="G3588" on|strong="G4311" their|strong="G3588" way|strong="G4311" in|strong="G2316" a|strong="G4160" manner|strong="G2316" worthy of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" service of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316".
7 For|strong="G1063" it|strong="G1063" was|strong="G3588" on|strong="G5228" behalf|strong="G5228" of|strong="G3686" Christ’s name|strong="G3686" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G3588" set out|strong="G1831", not|strong="G3367" accepting|strong="G2983" even|strong="G1063" one|strong="G3367" thing|strong="G3367" from|strong="G1831" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1482".
8 Therefore|strong="G3767", we|strong="G2249" should|strong="G3784" support|strong="G5274" people|strong="G3767" like|strong="G5108" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G3767" so|strong="G2443" take|strong="G1096" our|strong="G1096" share in|strong="G1096" their|strong="G3588" work for|strong="G2443" the|strong="G3588" truth.
9 I|strong="G1473" wrote|strong="G1125" something|strong="G5100" to|strong="G3756" the|strong="G3588" church|strong="G1577", but|strong="G3588" Diotrephes|strong="G1361" (who|strong="G3588" loves|strong="G5383" to|strong="G3756" be|strong="G3756" the|strong="G3588" leader among|strong="G5383" them|strong="G3588") doesn’t|strong="G3588" welcome us|strong="G2249".
10 So|strong="G2532" if|strong="G1437" I|strong="G1473" come|strong="G2064", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G4160" up|strong="G3361" his|strong="G1223" actions|strong="G2041" in|strong="G1909" telling wicked|strong="G4190" nonsense about|strong="G1909" us|strong="G4160". Not|strong="G3361" content|strong="G4160" with|strong="G1223" that|strong="G3739", he|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" only|strong="G2532" refuses to|strong="G2532" personally|strong="G1223" welcome our|strong="G2532" friends who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" followers|strong="G3588", but|strong="G2532" actually|strong="G2532" stops those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" would|strong="G1014", and|strong="G2532" expels them|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2064" the|strong="G2532" church|strong="G1577".
11 Dear friend, do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3756" follow|strong="G3401" a|strong="G1510" bad|strong="G2556" example|strong="G3401", but|strong="G3361" a|strong="G1510" good|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3588". The|strong="G1537" person who|strong="G3588" does|strong="G1510" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" good|strong="G3756" is|strong="G1510" from|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316"; the|strong="G1537" person who|strong="G3588" does|strong="G1510" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" bad|strong="G2556" has|strong="G2316" never|strong="G3756" seen|strong="G3708" God|strong="G2316".
12 Everyone|strong="G3956" has|strong="G3748" always|strong="G3956" had|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3956" word|strong="G3588" for|strong="G3754" Demetrius|strong="G1216", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" truth itself speaks for|strong="G3754" him|strong="G3588". Yes|strong="G1161", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" also|strong="G2532" add|strong="G3140" our|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3956" word|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" what|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" say|strong="G3956" is|strong="G1510" true|strong="G3588".
13 I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" many|strong="G4183" things|strong="G4183" to|strong="G2532" tell you|strong="G4771", but|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2309" rather|strong="G3756" not|strong="G3756" use|strong="G2192" pen|strong="G2563" and|strong="G2532" ink|strong="G3188".
14 I|strong="G2532" hope|strong="G1679" to|strong="G4314" see|strong="G3708" you|strong="G4771" soon, and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" face|strong="G4750" to|strong="G4314" face|strong="G4750".
15 Peace|strong="G1515" be|strong="G3588" with|strong="G2596" you|strong="G4771". The|strong="G2596" friends|strong="G5384" here send you|strong="G4771" their|strong="G2596" greetings. Greet each|strong="G2596" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3686" our|strong="G2596" friends|strong="G5384".